Research and Activities of Olympic Study Centres: An Overview of the International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) at The University of Western Ontario.

Research and Activities of Olympic Study Centres: An Overview of the International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS)

at The University of Western OntarioJanice Forsyth

2nd International Symposium for Collaboration in Research, Teaching and Exchange • Victoria University

• German Sport University • The University of Western Ontario

• April 8th, 2011

International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS)

Faculty of Health Sciences – A SnapshotSix Schools

• Kinesiology Nursing Occupational Therapy• Physical Therapy Health Studies• Communication Sciences & Disorders (Audiology and SLP)

Two Interdisciplinary Programs

• MSc (Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)• PhD (Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)

3200 Undergraduate Students; 700 Graduate Students; 140 professors

Three Research Centres

• International Centre for Olympic Studies• Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging• National Centre for Audiology

Sport and Recreation Services (38 Varsity Athletic Teams and Campus Recreation)

Who we are.• Established at Western in 1989• First of its kind in the world• Remains the only such Centre in the Americas• Mission: the generation and dissemination of academic

scholarship focused specifically on the socio-cultural study of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement

Janice Forsyth, PhDDirector

Four primary activities.

1) Produce Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies• refereed scholarly journal

• internationally recognizededitorial review board

• currently published annually

• available for subscription worldwide

Four primary activities.

2) Host the International Symposium for Olympic Research• organized every Olympic year• including (but not limited to): history, sociology, philosophy,

management, health sciences, media studies, business, law• papers published in peer-reviewed Proceedings • future sites (in discussion)• Sochi 2014, Rio 2016

9th International Symposium @ Beijing, ChinaAt the Capital Institute of Physical Education,

prior to Opening Ceremonies, 2008 Olympics. More than 70 contributors, 100 participants.

11th International Symposium for Olympic ResearchLondon, Ontario, Canada. Fall 2012

Symposium details coming May 2012.http://www.uwo.ca/olympic/conference.html

Proceedings for 10th International Symposium• peer-reviewed publication • produced for each symposium• distributed worldwide

Four primary activities.

3) Host three profiled guest lectures each year• J. Howard Crocker Olympic Studies Lecture• Ion P. Ioannides Memorial Lecture• Earle F. Zeigler Lecture

John MacAloon, University of ChicagoDelivers J. Howard Crocker Lecture, 2011 anthropologist, historian author of classic: This Great Symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games

Four primary activities.

4) Lead a world renowned (public) resource centre – The ICOS• for the use by graduate and undergraduate students• faculty and visiting scholars worldwide• interested experts and general public

Donated collection in resource centre.

Robert K. BarneyProfessor EmeritusFounding Director

Major Publications.

Robert Barney, Stephen Wenn & Scott Martyn, Selling the Five Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Rise of Olympic Commercialism. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2004.

Upcoming release: Stephen Wenn, Robert Barney & Scott Martyn, Tarnished Rings. The International

Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal.

Robert Barney, ed., Rethinking the Olympics. Morgantown, WV: Fitness

Information Technology, 2010.

Graduate Research.M.A. Ph.D.

1. Shayne Quick, 1987 1. Doug Brown, 1997

2. Stephen Wenn, 1988 2. Gord MacDonald, 1998

3. Daniel Reid, 1990 3. Scott Martyn, 2000

4. Pei Dongguang, 1997 4. Ken Kirkwood, 2004

5. Janice Forsyth, 2000 5. Christine O’bonsawin, 2006

6. Guy Schultz, 2000 6. Sarah Teetzel, 2009

7. Amanda Schweinbenz, 2001

8. Christine O’bonsawin, 2002

9. Anthony Church, 2003

10. Kristina Kolesnyk, 2004

11. Ian Watts, 2004

12. Geoffrey Bardwell, 2009

Media Hub.

• Provide informed commentary and criticism of Olympic (and related issues) for radio, television, internet and print media

• About 200-225 interviews in an Olympic Year; 75-100 in a non-Olympic year

• From locally run to the world’s leading outlets:• New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago

Tribune, USA Today, National Post, Globe and Mail• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)• National Public Radio (NPR)• Canadian Television Network (CTV)

How to find us.

Situated on the banks of the Thames River, in the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building.

Contact Information

http://www.uwo.ca/olympic/

Janice Forsyth, DirectorInternational Centre for Olympic Studies

519.661.4113 phone [email protected]